CVE-2008-4868 is an unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function within FFmpeg 0.4.9 (before r14787), impacting products like FFmpeg and MPlayer. This flaw, described as a free "on random pointers," carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attack vectors, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.5
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.5
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.5
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.5
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in FFmpeg 0.5